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... patriotism takes different forms in different classes , but it runs like a connecting thread through nearly all of them . Only the Europeanized intelligentsia are really immune to it . As a positive emotion it is stronger in the middle ...
... patriotism takes different forms in different classes , but it runs like a connecting thread through nearly all of them . Only the Europeanized intelligentsia are really immune to it . As a positive emotion it is stronger in the middle ...
Page 96
... patriotism and intelligence into partnership -for the first time , a movement of such a kind becomes possible . ii The fact that we are at war has turned Socialism from a textbook word into a realizable policy . The inefficiency of ...
... patriotism and intelligence into partnership -for the first time , a movement of such a kind becomes possible . ii The fact that we are at war has turned Socialism from a textbook word into a realizable policy . The inefficiency of ...
Page 115
... patriotism and physical courage , the persistent effort to chip away English morale and spread a hedonistic , what - do - I - get - out - of - it attitude to life , has done nothing but harm . It would have been harmful even if we had ...
... patriotism and physical courage , the persistent effort to chip away English morale and spread a hedonistic , what - do - I - get - out - of - it attitude to life , has done nothing but harm . It would have been harmful even if we had ...
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